TripAdvisor Reviews Bettoja Hotel Nord Nuova Roma Rome

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... As you would have read previously, our quest to find a good coffee was proving difficult until we saw a priest and friend sitting next to us served what looked like a 'normal' coffee. Not being able to help ourselves we asked what they were called. "Cafe Latte" is the secret word!! We are now set!! We had a general conversation with him and he told us that Ed Cowan (Australian Cricketer) had visited his college recently. Left the ...

... to absorb all the blood shed during battle. Pretty gruesome huh! Maybe those of you who were building the colosseum on mine craft could add some of those things. We went to Vatican City where the pope lives. He popped his head out of his balcony to say hello to the people while we were there but we missed him because we were in the Vatican museum. You can't take any photos in the Sistine Chapel in the museum but ...

... the Palentine where the emperors lived (including Caesar but not Nero) then into the Forum. Here was another arch and lots of temples including the Vestal Virgins one. Young girls aged between 6-10yrs from noble households would be committed for 30years to stay celebate and keep a fire alight! After this we saw Capitol Hill and the Palazzo Senatorio, next the Vittorio Emanuele II and lastly the Trevi Fountain. We did the usual - throw ...

... music and fanfare and on the jumbo-tron, we could see the Pope Benedict XVI process up to the outdoor altar. The air was static with excitement as everyone there was anticipating the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Even though most of the mass was in Italian, we knew what part of the liturgy we were at. What a gift of the universal church. And then it happened – a large picture of John Paul II was ...

... to get a seat and arrived in Napoli at 0958. Lots of activity in the modern terminal but no signs of crime of which we had been warned. We were on our way to Roma at 1150 on a beautiful train that brought us into the Termini at 1300 hrs. Unlike some of the train stations we have experienced, this one was huge and bustling. Very much like a big airport. Being the seasoned travellers that we have become, we found ...